Later this week, the Heritage Foundation will hold an event on imports and jobs. According to the event notice: At a time of high unemployment and political strife, trade is under fire. Imports in particular are criticized as harming the…
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Heritage Event: Imports, Jobs, and the Economy (October 4, 2012)
Heritage Paper – Trade Freedom: How Imports Support U.S. Jobs
Last week, Heritage released a new paper on the benefits of imports titled "Trade Freedom: How Imports Support U.S. Jobs." The paper notes: It is a common misperception that importing goods to America comes at the cost of American jobs.…
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Import Articles Recap: July 10, 2012
Trade vs. aid: Pakistan wants lower tariffs, but U.S. gives money instead. "USAID has spent millions on small-scale job-creation projects in Pakistan: Teaching 200 youths to weave on traditional looms. Helping 1,500 farmers grow better mangos. Giving 22 trout farmers…
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Tagged with: Africa, AGOA, clothing, Families, GSP, Lesotho, Pakistan, retail, ROZs, shoes, sugar, tariffs
Posted in Imports Work for American Families, Imports Work for Economic Development, Imports Work for U.S. Jobs, Imports Work for U.S. Manufacturing, View All
Posted in Imports Work for American Families, Imports Work for Economic Development, Imports Work for U.S. Jobs, Imports Work for U.S. Manufacturing, View All
AAFA’s D’Avignon: Back to Fighting Weight
What's not to love about a blog post that discusses boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao and his lobbying for the SAVE Act, which would: not only restore the apparel industry and create thousands of the jobs in the Philippines, Pacquiao’s home,…
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Tagged with: AAFA, clothing, Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, preference programs, SAVE Act
Posted in Imports Work for Economic Development, View All
Posted in Imports Work for Economic Development, View All
AAFA’s Burke on Imports and Economic Development
In this post, AAFA President Kevin Burke shows that the benefits from imports support development in places trying to overcome extreme poverty. He writes: Take for example, the Codevi facility run by Grupo M on the Haitian side of the…
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Tagged with: AAFA, clothing, economic development, Haiti, Kevin Burke, preference programs
Posted in Imports Work for Economic Development, View All
Posted in Imports Work for Economic Development, View All
AAFA’s Lamar on the MTB
This post from AAFA's Steve Lamar not only highlights the transparent process used to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill, or MTB, but also the benefits. As stated by Lamar: we know that the MTB means U.S. jobs, often in the…
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Tagged with: AAFA, clothing, manufacturing, MTB, Steve Lamar
Posted in Imports Work for U.S. Manufacturing, View All
Posted in Imports Work for U.S. Manufacturing, View All
AAFA’s Burke on Imports and Manufacturing
Another good post from AAFA President Kevin Burke's Corner Office Views blog that highlights not only the imported products, but also the import programs, used by American apparel and footwear manufacturers. For example: …certain cotton fabric used to make dress…
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Tagged with: AAFA, clothing, Kevin Burke, manufacturing
Posted in Imports Work for U.S. Manufacturing, View All
Posted in Imports Work for U.S. Manufacturing, View All
AAFA’s Burke on Imports Work for American Families
In a blog post yesterday, AAFA President Kevin Burke noted that while Americans purchased 20 billion garments and more than two billion pairs of shoes last year – almost all of which are imported – the share of family spending…
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These boots were made for walking, not taxing
Kids grow up so fast; and so do their feet. This can have a big impact on your household budget especially during these rough times. Enter the Affordable Footwear Act (AFA). This bill would repeal many of these disproportionately high…
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No Shoes, No Shirt, No Extra Tax
The U.S. imports 98% of clothing and 99% of shoes sold in the United States. Those imports are charged a tax which goes directly to the government to allow that product to enter the U.S. Americans are paying extra taxes…
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